WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed on the need to reduce tensions in Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula, the White House said, as the U.S. seeks Beijing’s backing for efforts to isolate Russia.
Obama and Xi spoke Sunday evening, their first known conversation since Russian forces took control of Crimea. Chinese officials, which often sides with Russia against the West, have been cautious in their public comments thus far.
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